Storm Amy: When and where will 100mph winds and heavy rain hit Scotland?

Storm Amy is to hit Scotland this weekend, with winds of up to 100mph posing a danger to life.

The first named storm of the season will bring disruption across the country on Friday, with a number of Met Office warnings coming into force.

Storm Amy will bring heavy rain and gusts of up to 100mph within the worst-affected areas in the north-west of the country.

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Two amber weather warnings for “damaging” strong winds first come into force at 5pm on Friday, lasting until 9pm on Saturday.

Meanwhile, two yellow warnings for heavy rain and wind are also in place across the country this weekend.

Amber and yellow alerts for wind and rain on Friday

The amber alert comes into force at 5pm on Friday and remains in effect until just before midnight on Saturday.

Weather warnings for Storm Amy on Friday=. STV News

The Met Office has warned of potential power cuts, damage to buildings and homes – including roofs being blown off and power lines being brought down, closures of roads, bridges and railway lines, with delays and cancellations to bus, train, ferry services and flights, dangerous flying debris and larges waves along coastal areas.

The following areas will be covered:

Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Outer Hebrides)
Highland
Orkney Islands
Argyll and Bute

A yellow warning for heavy rain is to hit much of the west of the country from noon on Friday until midnight on Saturday.

The Met Office has said there is a chance of power cuts, loss of other services, flooding, delays or cancellations to train and bus services, landslides, difficult driving conditions and road closures.

Scotland

Power cuts, travel disruption and flooding as Storm Amy hits Scotland

An amber alert has been issued, which will bring heavy rain and gusts of up to 100mph within the worst-affected areas in the north-west of the country.

The following areas will be covered:

Falkirk
Perth and Kinross
Stirling
Highland
Dumfries and Galloway
Argyll and Bute
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Glasgow
Inverclyde
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire

A yellow wind warning is in place from 3pm until midnight on Saturday, affecting the whole country.

Amber and yellow warnings for rain and wind on Saturday

Weather warnings for Storm Amy on Saturday STV News

A further amber warning begins at midnight on Saturday until 9pm covering Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Outer Hebrides, the Highlands and Orkney.

Yellow warnings are also in place for wind on Saturday for the whole country, and for rain for much of the west, moved forward to noon.

A further yellow warning is in place on Sunday at midnight until 9am covering Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Orkney and Shetland.

Flood alerts

SEPA has issued nine flood alerts for Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, Central, Dumfries and Galloway, Skye and Lochaber, Tayside, West Central Scotland, Wester Ross and Western Isles.

The public has been warned to expect delays to public transport, spray and flooding on roads, as well as potential power cuts and flooding in homes and businesses.

Some communities may be cut off by flooded roads, and there is a chance that fast-flowing or deep floodwater could result in a danger to life, the Met Office added.